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The River by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — VisualArtsDB

The River

The River

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1859–1869

Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 51 x 99 1/4 in. (129.5 x 252.1 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Styles

European Paintings

Tags

Female Nudesriversbathinglandscapes

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